Check perforator



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W. HATIE'ES CHECK PERFORATOR Filed Jan. 31 1922- WITNESSES /M M j V A TTOR/l/EVS ing means and lit-"till? lilllltlilt l, till i it ljliltllllllt'tlf.

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T0 all whom may concern ltle it known that l, liter Barns, a citinen of the United Eitetes, and a resident ofl levada, in the county at Vernon and l iitate of lilissouri, have invented a new and linproved Lhecr .lfertorator, cit "\vhich'the tolieivini r a description lily invention relates to a check protectparticularly tea device tor perforating the checlr,

The general object oil the invention is to provide a simple-device that may be employed with facilifiv to quickly perforate the. checlr tollowing the lines of the letters and nun'ierals in the amount for which. the checlr is drawn.

The nature of the invention and its distinctive features and advantages Will clearly appear as the description proceeds.

lleterence to be hnd to the aecompanylug drawings forming a part oi this specication, it being; understood that the draw- .inp's are merely illustrative of one example oi theinvention,

l ii rure l is a side elevation oil a checlr perioratcr embodying my invention;

l ioure is a plan view thereof;

l v and 4t are cross sections on the lines 38, t l, of Figure 1.

in carrying out my invention in accordance with the illustrated example, the perlei-sting device made "with a coil 10 from which the upper and loWer arms l1, 1% er;- tend. ll tie .13 is provided to limit the tlexure oi the arms it and relativelyto each other, said tie being in the term. of

a loop, the sides of which cross at the center as clearly shown in l inure 3. The lion ward end oi? the upper arm 11 is doivnturned. to provide a perforating member ll, which terminates in a puncturing point 15 bevelled to punch troni a check It, a n'iinute part as indicated in exaggerated form at a, lligrure 4-. The torivnrd end of the lower arm 12 is termed with. an upstanding; member 16 ill the iront end which is disposed rearward ol' the downturned member i l and on which upstanding member 16 is secured or termed a small table it extending forwardly beneath the dbvvnturned perforating member i l and termed With a hole 18 alining With said pertoratinn' member,

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il ith the described arrangement the perforating device is talren in hand and the check is placed on the table 17, the check being turned and manipulated to bring suceessire portions oi the lines of a letter or number bei'ieath the perlorating member lat and the arms ll and 1.2 are pressed toward s: eh other to cause the member it to puncture the check, the punched out portion a dropping from the under side of the table.

i would state in conclusion that While the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment oil my invention, l do not limit inv strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since, manifestly, the same can be coinsiderably varied Without departure :lrom the spirit oi? the invention as defined in "he ap pended claims.

, avinp; thus described my invention, ll cl aiin l. l perlorating device of the class de scribed termed of Wire andhaving a spring coil therein and presenting arms extending tor *ardlv from said coil, the one arm havinp; a dovvnturned puncturing member at the front end thereoit, and the other arm supporting a table extending beneath the puncturing; member and formed With a hole in re "ster With said. puncturing member.

pertoratinp; device oi the class described termed of Wire and. having a spring; coil therein and presenting arms extending irivardlv them said coil, the one arm hav- U a dovnturned puncturing member at the front end thereof, and the other arm supporting a side extending beneath the puncti inc; member and formed With a hole in me]: with said puncturing member; toe'ether 'th a tie extending about the arms adjacent to said spring, the sides of the tie crossing.

3%. it. ierloi ting; device f the class described, including arms movable toward or item each other, the one arm having a downturned punrturing member, the lower end of which is bevelled, the other arm having an n 'istandingr member, and a table on the upstanding member extending beneath the downturned member, said table having a hole in alinement with the dovvnturned tltl ill 

